Hello. On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 06:46:00AM -0800, T. Alexander Popiel wrote: > In message: <[🔎] 20030226203604.GA25720@chrystal.opal.dhs.org> > Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org> writes: > >Hello > > > >On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 08:16:01AM -0800, T. Alexander Popiel wrote: > >> In message: <[🔎] 20030226144746.GA14788@chrystal.opal.dhs.org> > >> Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org> writes: > >> > > >> >Hi > >> > > >> >Well there seems to be some vauge statements in the policy. I assumed > >> >that blackdown should present both java1-runtime _and_ java2-runtime > >> >becuse it can fulfill both runtime requirements (in reasonable way). > >> > > >> >What do people on the debian java list think about this? > >> > >> That seems right to me. Note that some packages which provide > >> java2-runtime might not provide java1-runtime, particularly if > >> they don't support the deprecated methods... > > > >Do I have to make this more clear in the policy? > > > >Should I make better recommendation when to provide what, or should > >we trust peoples common sense? > > Unfortunately, relying on common sense is usually a recipe for > disaster. It probably should be clearer in the policy. Something > like: > > Packages that contain a runtime conforming to the Java 1.1 > specification should provide java1-runtime. Packages that > contain a runtime conforming to the Java 2 specification > should provide java2-runtime. If a package conforms to > both, then it should provide both; however, packages that > do not implement the methods from Java 1.1 that have been > deprecated in Java 2 must not provide java1-runtime. I second this policy change. I would like one more to be able to apply it. Thanks for a very good paragraph. Regards, // Ola > - Alex -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / opal@debian.org Annebergsslingan 37 \ | opal@lysator.liu.se 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / ---------------------------------------------------------------
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